From: Patrick Austin <[email protected]>
To: "white.rabbit" <[email protected]>, "Scott Schumacher"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Fwd: America: The Good Neighbor.
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:08:00 -0400
SF had a rather large earthquake in 1906(?) as well, which is what he's
talking about, I guess.
At 06:51 PM 9/13/01 -0700, white.rabbit wrote:
>that was in '89.
>
>w.r
>'87 2l-16v
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Schumacher" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:23 PM
>Subject: Re: Fwd: America: The Good Neighbor.
>
>
>> How could it be? Mentioned is the major San Francisco earthquake and
that
>> was like '88 or something. I remember it was during the World Series,
but
>> can't remember the date and I am not doing any research tonight.
>>
>> -Scott
>>
>>
>> >From: "grilled pickle" <[email protected]>
>> >To: [email protected]
>> >Subject: Re: Fwd: America: The Good Neighbor.
>> >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:01:46 -0700
>> >
>> >I heard this is actually from the early 70's. Its still holds true in
my
>> >opinion
>> >
>> >
>> >>From: "David Krzak" <[email protected]>
>> >>To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
>> >>[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
>> >>[email protected]
>> >>Subject: Fwd: America: The Good Neighbor.
>> >>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:33:03
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> > This is from a Canadian newspaper and is worth sharing <
>> >>>
>> >>>America: The Good Neighbor.
>> >>>
>> >>>Widespread but only partial news coverage was
>> >>>given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast
>> >>>from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television
>> >>>commentator. What follows is the full text of his
>> >>>trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional
>> >>>Record:
>> >>>
>> >>>"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for
>> >>>the Americans as the most generous and possibly
>> >>>the least appreciated people on all the earth.
>> >>>
>> >>>Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain
>> >>>and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the
>> >>>Americans who poured in billions of dollars and
>> >>>forgave other billions in debts. None of these
>> >>>countries is today paying even the interest on
>> >>>its remaining debts to the United States.
>> >>>
>> >>>When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956,
>> >>>it was the Americans who propped it up, and their
>> >>>reward was to be insulted and swindled on the
>> >>>streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
>> >>>
>> >>>When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the
>> >>>United States that hurries in to help. This spring,
>> >>>59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes.
>> >>>Nobody helped.
>> >>>
>> >>>The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped
>> >>>billions of dollars into discouraged countries.
>> >>>Now newspapers in those countries are writing
>> >>>about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
>> >>>
>> >>>I'd like to see just one of those countries that
>> >>>is gloating over the erosion of the United States
>> >>>dollar build its own airplane. Does any other
>> >>>country in the world have a plane to equal the
>> >>>Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or
>> >>>the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly
>> >>>them? Why do all the International lines except
>> >>>Russia fly American Planes?
>> >>>
>> >>>Why does no other land on earth even consider
>> >>>putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk
>> >>>about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios.
>> >>>You talk about German technocracy, and you get
>> >>>automobiles. You talk about American technocracy,
>> >>>and you find men on the moon - not once, but several
>> >>>times - and safely home again.
>> >>>
>> >>>You talk about scandals, and the Americans put
>> >>>theirs right in the store window for everybody to look
>> >>>at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and
>> >>>hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them,
>> >>>unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting
>> >>>American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
>> >>>
>> >>>When the railways of France, Germany and India were
>> >>>breaking down through age, it was the Americans who
>> >>>rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
>> >>>New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old
>> >>>caboose. Both are still broke.
>> >>>
>> >>>I can name you 5000 times when the Americans
>> >>>raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can
>> >>>you name me even one time when someone else
>> >>>raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think
>> >>>there was outside help even during the San Francisco
>> >>>earthquake.
>> >>>
>> >>>Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one
>> >>>Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them
>> >>>get kicked around. They will come out of this thing
>> >>>with their flag high. And when they do, they are
>> >>>entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are
>> >>>gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada
>> >>>is not one of those."
>> >>>
>> >>>"Stand proud, America!"
>> >>>
>> >>>This is one of the best editorials that I have
>> >>>ever read regarding the United States. It is nice
>> >>>that one man realizes it.
>> >>>
>> >>> God Bless America !
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
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